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Aircraftman 1St Class JOHN BASIL FINLAY

Service Number: 651512
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

211 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

31. C. 15.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis and Rose Finlay; husband of Anne Gladys Finlay, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED ARE THE MEMORIES OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND. GOOD NIGHT DARLING
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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